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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
7
Local note brief with residents visiting Renwick Algona Fort Dodge and Clarion, plus a fire at Charley Youke’s residence. Infant and baby news, cattle shipments, and ongoing social visits mark the week in LuVerne and nearby towns. Firefighters saved lower half of Youke home. carpenters to repair. A baby girl, third for the Gillespie household, was welcomed.
The R Hanson family and James Clowes with families traveled to St Dodge and Clarion while J H Haas and Will Hoffman families visited Eagle Grove. Engstrom Bros hosted about twenty five youths Friday evening. Mayme Rier Maud Campbell Rayler and Percy Brink planned Britt visit. Meyers family returns from Fergus Falls South Dakota after buying a 200 acre farm to be occupied by son Alfred and wife next March.
A mixed, fragmentary item from Hurley reports a farmer George Gaygen mortally bitten by a boar. Newcastle notes 77 year old Moab Turver dies after paralysis. a walnut chest was turned into wood for the undertaker. San Francisco touts women’s feet but claims shapely legs due to hills. Old Man of Kelly's Creek mystery reportedly solved with arrest of Louis Peters. Monroe City frogs used in folk cancer cure. Bethel notes tuberculosis death of Miss Maria Kurr, a famed Millersburg hostess and political influence who was six feet tall and refused marriage.
Miss Bessie Keith entertained a group of young people at her home Friday night. Mrs B W McElhinney and daughter Roth returned from Waterloo. L A McIntyre and family went to Story City for a reception. Mrs R A Haskins died at Eagle Grove hospital. remains to O Neill Nebraska. Water works accepted, city taps begun. Dorothy Hansen, five, fell from hay mow, breaking leg. B W Agard of Cayton Minnesota visited. formerly publisher, may move to Montana to resume newspaper work.
J H Haas and family were en route to Ft Dodge Saturday and hosted Vincent relatives Sunday. Alpha and Ethel Packard visited Grace Purdy on Sunday. John Dunnfee and family spent Friday and Saturday at the Pan Ferrigan home near Sexton. The ladies mission met at Mrs Chris Nelson’s Thursday and next meeting is set for Mrs Will Packard’s home in November.
Church notes list German service at 10:00 A.M. English service at 11:00 A.M. English preaching, 8:00 Young Peoples Alliance, prayer Wednesday 7:30, choir rehearsal 8:30, Teacher Training class Friday 8:00, pastor 4A. Schlesselman invites all.
English services at St Pauls Church Sunday morning at 10 30 oclock with Lord's Supper. Special offering for synodical institutions. Sunday School and Bible class at 11380 oclock. All are cordially invited. R F Schedtler Pastor.
Local items record visits by Carl Lewis, George Bell, Charles Scott, and others to Algona Clarion LaVerne Hardy and Eagle Grove. A newborn girl born to Roy and Mrs Gillespie. Community events include a Methodist Epworth League fair, a George Bell wedding shower with a mantel clock gift, and a controversy over a cafe food wager. Infrastructure updates note wiring work and a new garage theater under construction.
Rosella A. Gillespie and hust Jad transfer lots 4 5 7 and 6 block 6 Renwick to Matilda Razelwood for 2150 dollars. Walter L. Lyons Jr and wife together with Georges Watkinson acquire lots 1 and 5 in block 5 Renwick for 500 dollars.
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